Once I first install it on the USB, it will find wireless networks and CAN connect to the internet, but after it is rebooted a few times, it loses the connection and it can't find any networks at all. There are at least 7 or 8 near me so I have plenty of options, on this laptop I can view them all, but not on the Browser linux USB boot. It is my little brothers computer and I want him to be able to use the internet. Why does it keep disappearing, he is just visiting for a little under a month so I can't reinstall browser linux every couple of days for him.

Is there any other lightweight Linux distros that can just be used live off of a flash drive? (Puppy linux I couldn't connect to the network at all. It found the network, but it wouldn't connect)

Ubuntu wouldn't boot up from the USB (not sure why??)

What can I do?

The PC has no operating system and it has a failed hard drive. Everything from windows that was on it was erased

In general Puppy linux works very well from USB stick (My preferred way of working). There have been some improvements in WIFI handling since browser linux. Depending on the chipset used (on the 10 year old laptop) you may be able to use a different build of puppy linux.

I assume you created a save file, and made it large enough (the default 512Mbytes) to be usable... ? Remember that puppy stores web browser temporary data in the save file until the history of the browser is flushed. So a very small save file may flood quick.

I don't know much about it. It was given to my brother and it was messed up pretty bad, no markings so I don't know what kind of wireless chip it has. It does work though because Browser Linux will work for a little while before I can't find a network to connect to.

The problem I had with puppy linux was not saving it to the USB flash drive. I could NOT connect to the internet via wifi on puppy linux...

Are you trying to limit everything your bro can do to ONLY the internet?

Reason:You may be able to help your brother without the need to INSTALL anything and for him to have the same experience every day with little or no interaction from you.

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It has a failed hard drive so I am just trying to find an OS that I can run off of a flash drive without installing to a hard drive. Browser linux works fine if I could get the internet to work 100% of the time instead of 50%. Puppy Linux would be nice if i could get the internet to work.

It was made in 2003. Not sure how old that is classified as. It only has 600 something MB of ram. Can you give me a link to a Linux OS that I can always boot off of a flash drive instead of having a hard disk and the network is easy to set up?

Legacy I cannot get the internet to work. It won't find any wireless networks.

You are done. Your Bro's PC will boot reasonably fast. That PC should run at a highly acceptable speed to keep your brother engaged.

And, assuming this is a PC wired to your LAN, the network sets up automatically to your ISP supplied router-modem.

You'll never need an HDD as long as you have your CD disc handy. In fact, just remove that broken HDD because with the CD disc used to run the PC, the HDD in never needed for any system operations.

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